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Larimer County approves purchase of D Dart Ranch conservation easement
Summary
The Larimer County Board of County Commissioners approved a resolution to buy a conservation easement on the 574-acre D Dart Ranch in the Livermore Valley, protecting wildlife habitat, scenic views and agricultural uses; the county will hold the easement and close the acquisition on April 11.
Larimer County commissioners on March 25 approved a resolution to acquire a conservation easement on the 574-acre D Dart Ranch, a property in the Livermore Valley the county says contains wildlife habitat, scenic views and working agricultural land.
The purchase, recommended by the Open Lands Advisory Board at its Feb. 27 meeting, is funded in part by a Great Outdoors Colorado grant and contributions from the City of Fort Collins, The Nature Conservancy, the Gates Family Foundation and private donors; Larimer County will hold the easement and the transaction is scheduled to close April 11, officials said.
The agreement limits development on the ranch to protect natural habitat, scenic values along County Road 74 E and agricultural uses, county staff said. “This is the third and final conservation easement project in the Livermore area funded through the GOCO grant,” Megan Flendikin, program…
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